Shutter-worker



Model I B SHUTTER WORKER.

2 sheetmfl 1 Patented July 19, 1892.

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E. H. PRICE. SHUTTER WORKER. No. 479,155. Patented July 19,1892.

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EDWIN H. PRICE, OF LANSDALE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JEREMIAH l3.ALDERFER, OF SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHUTTER-WORKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,155, dated July 19,1892.

Application filed April 7, 1892. Serial No. 428,196-' (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN H. PRICE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lansdale, in the county of Montgomery and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Shutter-Worker, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inshutter-workers; and

it consists in the construction and arrange ment of the parts thereof,as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a mechanism by which shuttersmay be opened or closed from the interior, and also to provide adjustingmeans whereby the device may be regulated to compensate for walls ofvarying thicknesses.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a portion of a windowand frame and shutters looking from the interior. Fig. 2 is a transversevertical section on the line 00 a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of the operating mechanism removed. Fig. 4 is a similarview of the adjusting mechanism detached from the operating mechanism.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 3o designates a window-framehaving a suitable sill 2, sash-guides 3, and shutters 4, which arehinged to the exterior portion of the frame in the ordinary manner.Extending vertically through the lower or sill portion of the 5 frame onthe exterior thereof is a sleeve 5, having an upper flanged end 6, whichrests on the said lower portion of the frame or the surface of the sill,and in said sleeve is rotatably mounted a post 7, having one arm 8 of'40 a lazy-tong connection secured to the upper end thereof. To the freeend of the said arm 8 is secured an arm 9 by a pivot 10, and the outerend of the arm 9 is pivotally connected to a slotted plate 11, securedto the shutter.

5 The lower end of the post 7 projects beyond the sleeve 5 and extendsthrough a link. 12, which has one end fixed thereto and the opposite endslotted or bifurcated, as at 13, in which the inner end of an operatingrod or bar 14 is horizontally disposed and pivoted.

The said rod or bar 14 extends through the casing to the interior and isprovided with an operating rod or handle 15. On the interior of thelower portion of the casing of the frame is secured an escutcheon 16,having a vertical 5 5 slot 17 therein, in which is seated aspringoperated catch-pin 18, adapted to take into openings 19 in the rodor bar 14 tothereby lock the same in adjusted position. The said rod orbar 14 is adapted to be supplied with a series of openings 19, which arearranged at regular and predetermined intervals for the purpose ofproviding means for holding the mechanismin difierent adjusted positionsand control the position of the shutter with relation to the window, aswill be readily understood. The catch-pin 18 also acts as a lock to holdthe shutters closed or entirely open or, if desired, to hold them at asuitable angle in bowed position. The opening in the lower casingthrough which the rod or bar 14 passes is formed in the escutcheon 16 inline with the vertical slot 17 therein, and the said opening is slightlylarger than the diameter of the rod 14, in order that slight play ofsaid rod may be permitted.

Above the link 12 and secured on the projecting portion of the sleeve 5is a plate 20, having flanges 21 projecting upward from the edge thereofto form a guideway therein, the bottom of said plate 20 being providedwith a series of openings 22, arranged at proper intervals, butpreferably about quarter of an inch apart, in order to make a very closeand fine adjustment. An arm 23 is adjustably fitted in the plate 20 andis provided with a series of openings 24, which are adapted to alignwith the openings 22 in the plate 20, and secured in alignment therewithby pins, studs, or other fastenings passing therethrough. The inner endof the arm 23 is formed with a head 25, which is secured to the lowerportion of the window-casing, and by means of the device, as set forth,the position of the post and the sleeve through which the same passesmay be regulated relatively to the thickness of the wall and properlyposition the same, in order that an accurate operation of the lazy-tongmentioned may be produced.

Each shutter is supplied with the mechanism set forth and is adapted tobe worked independently and, owing to the direct action of the severalparts, a positive result is obtained.

In operation the knob or handle 15 on the bar or rod 14 is first pushedinward and then drawn backward, so as to actuate the link 12 and thearms of the lazy-tong connection in either opening or closing theshutter. \V hen the shutter is thrown back or fully opened, the bar orrod 14 in its operation is moved laterally to throw the link 12 past adeadcenter, and the same operation of pushing and pulling the said rodor bar is repeated, as when the shutter is only partially opened orentirely closed.

That portion of the arm 8 which bears upon the upper or flanged portionof the sleeve 5 is shouldered in order to hold the same in adjustedposition. The sleeve 5 acts as a bushing to take up the wear exerted bythe rotation of the post 7, and thereby a more strong and durableconnection is provided.

The device entire is readily applied to window frame or casing withoutchanging the structure of the latter and avoids the complex arrangementto accommodate the application of the mechanism.

Having thus described the invention,.what is claimed as new is 1. In ashuttenworker, the combination of a lazy-ton g connection having oneportion thereof pivotally connected to a shutter and a post dependingfrom the other portion of the same, a link connected to the lower end ofsaid post, and a rod or bar pivotally at tached to the said link andhavinga push and pull and lateral movement, substantially as described.

2. In a shutter-worker, the combination of a lazy-tong connection havingone portion thereof pivotally connected to a shutter and a postdepending from the other portion of the same, a link connected to thelower end of said post, a sleeve surrounding said post and having aflange at the upper end thereof resting on the casing or frame, a bar orrod connected to said link and having a push, pnl1,and lateral movementand provided with a series of openings, and a spring-actuated latch-pinadapted to engage the openings of said bar or red, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a shntter-worker, the combination of a post depending from a partthereof, aslceve surrounding said post, a flanged plate connected tosaid sleeve and having openings 1n the bottom thereof, and an armsecured to the frame or casing and having openings therein, said armbeing adjustably fitted in the said plate and adapted to have theopenings therein align with the openings in said plate to receive afastening, substantially as described.

l. In a shutter-worker, the combination of a lazy-tong connection havingone portion thereof pivot-ally connected to a shutter and a postdepending from the other portion of the same, a link connected to thelower end of said post, a sleeve surrounding said post and having aflange at the upper end thereof resting on the casing or frame, a bar orrod connected to said link and having a push, pull, and lateral movementand provided with a series of openings, a spring-actuated latchpinadapted to engage the openings of said bar or rod, a flanged plateconnected to said sleeve and having openings in the bottom thereof, andan arm secured to the frame or casing and having openings therein, saidarm being adjustably fitted in the said plate and adapted to have theopenings therein align with the openings in the plate to receive afastening, substantially as described.

5. An adjusting device for a sh utter-worker, consisting of a flangedplate connected to the mechanism of the worker and having openingstherein,and an arm secured to the frame or casing of the window and inlike manner provided with openings, said arm being adj ustably fitted inthe said plate and adapted to have the openings therein align with theopenings in the plate to receive a fastening, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN 1i. PRICE. Witnesses:

E. G. SIGGERS, JOHN II. Smenns.

